as in schemes
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation
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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls
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as in costs
to have a price of
those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques
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Recent Examples of fetches
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Shorter fetches often create multiple, less intense bands of snow, while longer fetches can produce severe single bands, sometimes with thundersnow, as seen in the longer geographical positioning of lakes like Erie and Ontario.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145.
—CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Rafferty doesn’t offer much in the way of sympathy, describing their time together as both brief and now over before Plunket fetches his wife to bring her home himself.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
No one wants to drill under the ocean when oil fetches $60 a barrel.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Sachs also wanted to the General Purpose shoe to be more democratic than his Mars Yard series, which fetches thousands of dollars on the resale market, and made the yellow colorway available to purchase at Kohl’s stores.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Presumably whichever region fetches the higher price will be the one Dairyland chooses in the future.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Shorter fetches often create multiple, less intense bands of snow, while longer fetches can produce severe single bands, sometimes with thundersnow, as seen in the longer geographical positioning of lakes like Erie and Ontario.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145.
—CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Rafferty doesn’t offer much in the way of sympathy, describing their time together as both brief and now over before Plunket fetches his wife to bring her home himself.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
No one wants to drill under the ocean when oil fetches $60 a barrel.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Sachs also wanted to the General Purpose shoe to be more democratic than his Mars Yard series, which fetches thousands of dollars on the resale market, and made the yellow colorway available to purchase at Kohl’s stores.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetches
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Shipping experts say rural delivery costs more because drivers make fewer stops per mile, increasing the cost per package.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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Beyond that, self-parking typically costs $25 per day but may cost more during special events.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Next week brings more reports from some major AI names, including Palantir Technologies and Advanced Micro Devices .—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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The Storm’s ace pitcher, who also plays outfield and has experience at first base in her previous two varsity seasons, is the real deal who brings a complete game to the field for the Upstate Eight Conference leaders.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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“Fetches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetches. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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